Speaker Cable Problem - Long Run, Thin wire - Mike C

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Speaker Cable Problem - Long Run, Thin wire

I currently use mains twin and earth solid core that was built into the house, and am looking to upgrade this to something sensible!
The problem is that one speaker cable has to run across a doorway (which is why the mains cable was built in under the floor). I have failed to convince Mrs C to allow the carpet to be removed in order to lay a flat cable like Nordost, and is is not possible to pull a new cable in using the old one.
The only bit of good news is that I have hollow skirting boards with removeable covers, installed in order to hide the speaker cables.
One option (the only one?) is to hollow out a channel into the side of the door frame architrave, install a thin cable and then fill over it. This gets the cable up and over the doorway; the hollow skirting does the rest.
I'm capable of doing this work, and it 'only' leaves two problems. Due to room layout and the extra length to go round the door frame, the speaker cable will be about 12 metres long. And to allow installation, the cable will have to be thin; the thinner the better!
Say 7mm dia if round, or say 10mm x 6mm or so if figure of 8 .... these are not hard and fast but I hope are useful guidance.
Amplifier is a 300B single ended triode amp, and I tend to appreciate subtlety and emotion in music rather than ultimate 'get up and go'; but I do like naturalness.
Money isn't a great issue; I'm ready to spend a fair bit for a really good musical result - it may give a better result than spending Â£1000 on a new pair of speakers. But with 24 metres required, once the price goes above Â£20/metre the total cost becomes a bit on the heavy side ....
All suggestions welcomed.
Thanks
Mike

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Topic - Speaker Cable Problem - Long Run, Thin wire - Mike C 11:00:17 12/14/06 (10)

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